Wall's End
Northgate Brewing

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From:
Northgate Brewing
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
English Brown Ale
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.82 | pDev: 10.99%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
45
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 09, 2017
Added:
Jan 30, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  6
This Northern English Brown harkens back to the beer that started it all - a brew that we simply couldn't keep in the keg. Smooth, Sessionable, Malt focused, English hopped. Refreshing enough for summer drinking, substantive enough to enjoy in the winter - we love this beer year-round.
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Ratings by Pug:
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Rated by Pug from Minnesota

3.96/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jun 18, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.85 by Turbo from Minnesota

Jul 09, 2017
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.66/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
16oz bottle. Poured out a clear, brown color with a caramel-colored head of foam. It smelled of chocolate and caramel. It tasted of toasted caramel, toffee and chocolate. It had a subtle bitterness, too.
Jan 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by krowman2652 from Minnesota

Dec 05, 2016
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Reviewed by feloniousmonk from Minnesota

3.78/5  rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Northgate Brewing Wall's End English style Brown Ale. 4.8% ABV. 19 IBU. SRM 22. 16 oz.

Appearance: light brown coloring, clear, off-white head above, leaving somelace.

Aroma: caramel, nuts, some toffee, some cocoa, a likeable malty nose.

Taste: Sweetness first, with hop bitterness cleaning up swiftly thereafter. Just bitter enough to balance. Tasty malt profile continues to deliver on the palate. Actually a little more than balance, spilling over just a touch. Medium bodied. Drinkable. Likeable. Just like a brown ale oughta be.
Dec 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.67 by Wisconsin_IPA_Lover from Wisconsin

Sep 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by PA-Michigander from Pennsylvania

Jul 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by sparx1100 from Minnesota

May 12, 2016
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Reviewed by JamesMN from Minnesota

3.97/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
No canning date.

Appearance: Murky dark brown body with a tan head that fades quickly but leaves a bit of froth behind.

Aroma: Light chocolate and nice toffee/caramel coming through. The aromatics are soft but effective.

Taste: Great mix of classic dark mild flavors; bready and crisp marris otter, chocolate, light dried fruit notes. The hop character is a bit grassy with a light bitterness that simply serves to balance the malt. Casual finish with a last burst of hops in the aftertaste followed by caramel. Respectable flavor for a sessionable 4.8% ABV.

Mouthfeel: Light in body but not watery. Carbonation is not overdone. Good drinkability but not as thirst-quenching as I expected.

Final Thoughts: I really like Northgate and their English ales are all very good. This one is a solid example of the style and a worthy flagship. Would I drink it again? Sure, it's great on cask.
Apr 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.48 by Dave2234 from Minnesota

Mar 21, 2016
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Reviewed by MNAle from Minnesota

3.8/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Deep brown color, somewhat ruby red. Active carbonation. 3/4 inch off-white thick creamy head. Aroma is not too strong, but is nice: roasty, bready, hint of dark fruits. Substantial mouth feel, not at all thin, smooth and creamy. Pleasant initial taste, hint of fruits, not sweet at all, with some dry bittering asserting in the middle and a mild malty finish with just a touch of bittering hops. The finish is not exactly dry, but it is not sweet either. Nicely balanced as expected for an English-style brown. Very much a malt dominated beer. This is a top notch brown ale, roasty, bready, slight fruit and just enough bittering from the hops for balance, and very good tasting. This is a highly recommended beer. Northgate is really nailing the traditional English style ales.
Feb 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by plumcrazyfx from Minnesota

Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.99 by nmann08 from Virginia

Dec 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by iRun2Beer from Minnesota

Dec 07, 2015
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Reviewed by Taybeh from Minnesota

3.93/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at the brewery and was so surprised by how much I liked it, decided to pick some tallboys up a week later to make sure I wasn't imagining things...so, from a tallboy into a nonic.
Pours a slightly murky umber with a big foamy 2 finger khaki head that subsides after 2 minutes...some lacing. Nose is bready, a little chocolate (but not sweet), some nuttiness and also some kind of earthy spice...very nice.
Taste is really good, following the nose with even more layers of malty goodness, and again, some light spice and also gentle floral hops. I am getting a little yeast on the end, though, which seems out of place (didn't get this on tap). Mouthful is really good. Medium carbonation, lively on the tongue, substantial body, but also nice and creamy.
I hardly ever look for Browns, but this could convert me. I'm curious to do a side-by-side with Bender.
Oct 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by JLC60 from Maryland

Sep 05, 2015
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Reviewed by bsp77 from Minnesota

4.22/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Serving glass: Poured from can into Imperial Pint.

Appearance: Chestnut brown with good sized head and a trace of lacing left behind.

Smell: Chocolate, bread, cherry. More of a dry and spicy aroma than a sweet one.

Taste: Strong malt backbone of chocolate, bread and some light fruitiness. Surprisingly isn't sweet. Some counterbalance in the form of spicy, earthy, floral and nutty notes at the finish.

Feel: Moderately low carbonation. Fairly light body but ridiculously smooth and creamy for a sub 5% beer. Mostly dry finish.

Overall: This is definitely one of the best English Brown Ales I have had. Very impressive. In fact, Northgate seems to excel at authentic English Ales, which is hard to do properly and adds a lot to the Minnesota beer scene.
Aug 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.14 by elec from Minnesota

Aug 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.57 by ParnellJoseph1138 from Minnesota

Aug 06, 2015
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Reviewed by MattyG85 from Minnesota

4/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 16 oz. can into a chalice.

Appearance: Pours a deep brownish amber with a moderate amount of bubbles. Solid finger of beige head that settles into a thin creamy layer.

Smell: A toasty, sweet, and bready malt forward aroma with hints of caramel, chocolate, and nuts. Toasted barley malt with hints of caramel, toffee, chocolate, grains, biscuit, nuts, and yeast. Hints of cream. Mild earthy hop hints. A pretty solid Brown aroma.

Taste: Like it smells, a sweet, toasty, creamy, and bready malt forward taste with notes of caramel, chocolate, and nuts. Toasted malt with notes of caramel, chocolate, toffee, biscuit, grains, nuts, and yeast. Sweet notes of cream. Light backing presence of earthy hops. A nice creamy taste.

Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Creamy, silky, and very smooth.

Overall: A pretty solid session version of a Brown Ale. Nice toasty malt notes with a light creamy body.
Aug 04, 2015
Wall's End from Northgate Brewing
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 45 ratings